The Chinese New Year's Eve activities of the Gushan family are quite boring.

Saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new year and spending holidays together are secondary, and the annual sacrifice to the ancestors and the submission of the letter of acceptance by the core retainers are all regular activities.

The most uncomfortable thing for Gu Shanbushui is that in the coldest season of the year, in the unheated family temple, a bunch of old men eat family feasts according to ancient etiquette.

Konoha Village has entered its 55th year since its establishment, so naturally it will not be like in ancient times, eating boiled beef and mutton, smearing salt, and drinking turbid sour wine.

Now the conditions are different, even if the etiquette procedures that are no longer out of place on the surface still cannot be changed, and there are still some workarounds in private.

"It's just a little colder."

Gu Shanbushui sat in the position under his mother Princess Liuli, secretly wiped the oil stains on the corners of his mouth, and wanted to pick his teeth, but then realized that it was very indecent, so he gave up.

On such an important occasion, what to eat is secondary, and how to allocate seats is the most important thing, which represents the status of each family on the big ship of the Gusugi clan, the closer to the core, the heavier the weight.

The current situation of Xiangru and Momiji is definitely not going to be able to enter this kind of place.

After eating and drinking, he glanced down a few times in a pretended manner, and basically knelt in his place, occasionally whispering.

On the small table in front of him, there is not much meat on the plate, all of them are slaughtered with knives, symbolically cutting the heads of cattle and sheep, and the rest is done by the henchmen.

In the past few years, it was basically the mother who sat and the father presided over the distribution of meat, which was quite a symbol of dividing gold and silver on a large scale, and eating wine and meat with big pills.

Several people with big shoulders and round waists, wearing bone armor of unknown age, like vine turf skirts, carrying steaming cauldrons, his father Furusugi Masakoto used a long-handled scoop to distribute the meat and bones to each head of the family, ushering in bursts of excited flattery.

It is completely different from the tall banquet occasions imagined by outsiders, the real inner circle of power is often relatively dull, and there are no homely activities that are happy to pull up, except for sacrifices and rituals, generally do not talk about serious things, but once it is discussed on this occasion, it must be a major event that affects everyone present, and even the entire pattern of the Fire Country.

Being able to come to this kind of occasion basically symbolizes that you have reached the top of the nobility of the Fire Country, and the heights of the higher level of Gusugi, Daimyo and several great royal families are no longer something that can be achieved by hard work.

The mother covered her mouth with an iron-boned fluffy folding fan and whispered to Gu Shanbushui:

"In a few years, it'll be your turn. Your father doesn't like to do this kind of thing either, it's too serious, and the kind of uninhibited, free-flowing spectacle is what he's passionate about. ”

"I don't like it either."

The young family governor who was muttering complained quietly,

"I don't know how these old men insist on kneeling for so long, I'm so young, my old cold legs are about to offend, they can really ......bear it"

"Be ruthless to yourself and be ruthless to others, only in this way can you stand out in the vanity fair that you are fighting for. I can't get over this little trouble, so what qualifications do you have to share the meat here? ”

Indeed, everyone knows that the body is the capital of the revolution, but if you don't fight for your life, how can you become a master?

Life is not hard enough, and you can't roll up your colleagues.

Next, as the head of the family, Gu Yi Ruri said something reluctant, which roughly means that the future route of the Gu Sugi family will be fine-tuned.

Especially Gu Shanbushui, who is the heir, has spent a lot of money and made a lot of money, and there are a lot of money in and out of the money, which is not clear, and it needs to be roughly explained.

As a result, the whole family probably knows that the "naughty" young master who wanted to be a ninja in the past has now begun to touch the core of housework.

will spend money, will make money, quite a tossed heir.

Although he is a little unprofessional, at least he will not dig up his own life, unlike his predecessor who has been deposed, and he does not hide his class.

It's not a problem to like tossing, the family has a big business, and you can bear it, not to mention supporting a small country ninja village, building a lot of ironclad gunboats as "toys", even if it is a whim, finding a country to build a country, and it is not a problem to live a big name by yourself.

The Gushan clan was originally the uncrowned king, far more important than those small monarchs, those local tyrants who sat on the ground could be the king behind closed doors, and Gushan Bushui could naturally do it, but everyone looked down on that kind of "game" of petty fighting.

Before the end of the family banquet, Ruri Gusugi finally said a big thing.

Colonize overseas and rebuild the country of vortex.

It was so sudden that everyone present was a little surprised.

The original territory of the Vortex Country was mainly the sea area directly north of Inaba, consisting of a large island and several small islands, and a small area of uninhabited hills on the mainland peninsula across the sea.

Therefore, according to legend, hundreds of years ago, the two places were still one, there was a land passage in the middle, and after a major earthquake, a large piece collapsed, and the sea water submerged the narrow ground in the middle, so there was an enclave.

After the unexplained demise of the Vortex Country, the overseas islands were deserted, and apart from the occasional fishermen and elusive pirates who went up in search of supplies, there were not many permanent inhabitants.

The land enclave has always been managed on behalf of the Gusugi family because the Furusugi family has not let go.

Everyone understands that if the Gushan family really fell in love with the land of the Vortex Country, they would have done it a long time ago, and others would not be able to compete with each other, and it must have been decided only recently to come to this scene.

After a while, everyone connected to what happened recently, Gu Sugi Bushui interfered in the internal affairs of Kuma in the ninja world in a high-profile manner, and also traveled to the southeast coast without concealment, in addition, Momiji was arranged to have an idle position with little words, and Xiang Lian was sent to the Konoha Village Ninja School.

After pondering it for a while, some people think of the young and frivolous and uncertain young governor, who may be leaving a way back for Momiji and his illegitimate daughter Xianglian.

If there is really no way to correct it in the future, there is also a country's family business that can be inherited.

It's just that this family business is too rich.

The abandoned Vortex Country has nothing, and in the end, isn't it for the Furusugi family to rebuild it?

In the end, all of them were cheaper for illegitimate daughters.

Naturally, there are people who are not very happy.

Although the control is the Furusugi clan, it is everyone's property, and the chairman of the board of directors controls and occupies the majority, so the directors and other shareholders can't suffer a big loss, right?

Of course, there are some things that can be guessed, but you can't really say it so clearly.

As a result, someone very euphemistically proposed that the marriage of the heir Gu Shanbushui was a major event.

There are no children in the lineage, which is always unsettling.

Every time from the side of the succession,Choosing a new owner,It's an internal reshuffle process,In recent years, the decent Yaskawa suddenly became popular.,Earn a lot of money.,Out of Yaskawa Masako.、That is, the current Gusugi Masako, an excellent heir.,It's not a relationship that helps Gu Yi Liuli to grasp the power after entering the house.。

There is also a young age who is already a leader, and he has played with Gu Shanbu Shui since he was a child, and it is foreseeable that he will definitely be a big mountain in the clan in the future.

In addition to the above-mentioned special cases of outstanding ability and appreciation, there is also the simplest and most direct method, that is, marriage, if anyone can produce an excellent woman and tie the knot with Gu Shanbu Shui, then there is no need to worry about peace and wealth in the next few decades.

And this is also an important reason why many people do not accept red leaves and fragrant leaves, it is a matter of great interests, and even the life and death of a family, not to mention the orphan daughter of the dead country, even if the princess of a small country enters the house, she has no ability, she has to wear small shoes.

Seeing that some of the elders who felt that they had some right to speak, they were gearing up to express their opinions and make the young governor change his mind, Gu Shanbushui suddenly couldn't cry or laugh.

"Maybe it's a misunderstanding."

Princess Liuli, the head of the family, didn't want to mess around with this kind of thing, so she ended the party strongly.

People are sophisticated, mixed with selfishness and etiquette, and it is impossible to negotiate a result in public.

……

In a mountain villa some distance from the newly built Eternatei in Inaba Port, Karyo works out with Sasame, Kageno, and Fisherfire in the training grounds, practicing chakra maneuvering.

Nowadays, not to mention changes in form and nature, such as simple tree climbing and treading water, are not easy.

This simple technique may be more difficult than the Three-Body Technique, or even some C-level Five Elements Escape Technique, the more basic it is, the easier it is to get started, but the upper limit is extremely high, and it is very difficult to master it. Seemingly inconspicuous little tricks, almost all ninjas have to spend a lifetime to improve in order to reach the next level.

A few children were very serious, but the two ninja dogs, Sesshomaru and Seimaru, were not so steady, and soon they couldn't hold on, and secretly walked away, rolling around on the wide school field, almost able to bury them in the snowdrift, and had a lot of fun.

In the distant dense forest that no one paid attention to, several mysterious figures, holding binoculars, looked at the territory belonging to the Gushan family.

Ten minutes later, he left quietly.

Soon, part of the information fell into the hands of Orochimaru, who was in a secret laboratory near Konoha Village.

"Those useless Wind Demon clan wastes have actually found a backer?"

Taking off his gloves, cleaning them a little, and handing over the finishing touches to Yakushidou, Orochimaru smiled with interest,

"They're a bit of a fan of family heirlooms, but that's just it. The most talented teenager is also useless. ”

Yakushidou replied respectfully:

"Indeed, there are too few geniuses who can be used by Orochimaru-sama."

"I'm not talking about that. Pocket, such a trivial matter, why let me know? ”

Orochimaru, who is busy studying the ultimate mysteries of ninjutsu, how can he have time to care about a declining ninja clan?

Hearing this, the pharmacist replied:

"The Wind Demon Clan is not worth mentioning, but the Gushan family is a behemoth, if you can obtain that resource, Lord Orochimaru will be able to make it a lot easier."

Indeed, with such a large family business as the Furusugi family, it is very easy to support a few ninjutsu laboratories, and so many residents under its rule die every year due to various accidents, as well as the vicious criminals who die in prison, I don't know how many.

In comparison, the number of people who died because of Orochimaru's forbidden experiments was only a small number.

This is also the reason why the core of secular power needs to abide by its duty, even if the proportion is low, the absolute number is quite terrible, even if it is not evil, it is only the harm caused by wrong decision-making, which is more serious than the losses caused by plagues, natural disasters, wars, etc.

Yao Shidou has taken a fancy to this resource, and with the support of the Gushan family, he doesn't have to worry about the lack of experimental subjects.

"You're thinking too simply, Dou, I'm a traitor now, I can't even go back to Konoha Village, and those old nobles who regard reputation and rules as more important than their lives are impossible to cooperate with me."

"Perhaps, not unwillingly, but afraid."

"It's all the same."

Orochimaru said nonchalantly.

It's not like I didn't want to cooperate with those worldly powers before, but unfortunately the result was not very good.

The establishment of the Otoshinobi Village in the country of Tanoka is already a rare foundation.

The Daimyo of Tanokuni was too ambitious, which was the reason why he did not hesitate to join forces with Orochimaru, a dangerous rebel ninja.

The Gusugi family is very strong, but it is too strong, there are almost no resources in the ninja world that can make them look at it, and if it goes further, it is a daimyo, can Orochimaru still make a wish to let the Gusugi clan unify the ninja world and create supreme glory?

This is obviously impossible, if you have such ability, you will not be chased away everywhere.

"Obviously, cooperation is not possible, but it is possible to make a deal."

After thinking about it for a while, the pharmacist looked for a workaround,

"They may not be willing to cooperate with the traitorous ninja, but a clean identity on the surface is still very useful. For example, Otoshinobi Village is a good front. ”

"Oh?"

Orochimaru pondered for a moment, and then suddenly asked,

"Not long ago, you suggested sending some half-mature test subjects to participate in the 'King of Fighters' tournament, did you have the intention of throwing stones to ask for directions?"

"The so-called 'martial artists', although they are only a rabble, there are many people, and they are also a very influential force, especially with the support of big financiers like the Gushan family, the future is unlimited. We should also try to get involved, and it will come in handy at any time. ”

The pharmacist talked eloquently,

"Even if it doesn't work out, it can almost improve the relationship and buy more precious materials. If you want to go more smoothly, it is not enough to rely on the support of the daimyo of Tanokuni. ”

"Then I'll leave it to you, didn't you have a friendship with Young Governor Gushan?"

Orochimaru said indifferently,

"If there are good results, tell me that the main task now is to crack the mystery of the first generation of cells and the writing wheel."

"As you wish."

The so-called friendship is a polite way of saying it, that is, they are in the same ninja school, and they have met and said hello a few times.

There are too many troubles on the medicine master's body, there is no need, and Gu Shanbu Shui is not willing to have anything to do with him.

Whether it is cooperation or trading, they need the necessary bargaining chips, and the pharmacists and others who are in a hurry to pull the relationship are even more in a weak position.

What can be taken out now is a large number of potions with unknown effects and amazing side effects, as well as mysterious ninjas who seem to have outstanding characteristics, but are actually quite fatal in their flaws, and have been transformed by the human body.

"Let's take one step at a time."

Today's medicine master is not an important henchman of Orochimaru, but because of his cautious heart and physical talent, he is very suitable for being an assistant, and in front of him, there are many "seniors" pressing on his head.

"Competing for favor" is not an easy thing, being capable and useful is the positioning that the pharmacist gives himself.